Comments on: Cyclops 471: If the cap fits…

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:58:29 +0000

Will @3 -yes but I thought that being less than cautious was spelled indiscrete. I’ll remember that.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:20:51 +0000

You do both know that “indiscrete” is a word, but not in this context, don’t you?

By: Trailman

Trailman — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:04:14 +0000

Me too Bamberger. I rationalised SEAWEED by presuming Ray meant the fish and Balls its reproduction and so there was some link to the ‘mermaids’ purses’ which wash up as Seaweed does. The hoops one jumps through to justify an answer …

By: Bamberger

Bamberger — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:32:13 +0000

For 10a I had ??n?i and I immediately thought of ennui which fitted staleness in my book. Couldn’t see the wordplay but nothing new there. That meant 7d was b?e?o?n and nothing would fit.
For 2d I had indiscrete which made 19a s?a?e?d. Why on earth was the answer seaweed?
Took ages to sort that out-if someone had asked me to spell check indiscreet , I would have told them they had got it wrong.